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The Hottest Tennis Racquets Right Now
Now that we have officially started the countdown to US Open (Aug 28-Sep 10), let’s look at the hottest tennis racquets right now and what’s going on in the industry. We’ll take it big supplier by big supplier. BABOLAT French tennis company Babolat’s tennis racquet blockbuster has always been the Babolat Pure Drive (1994). There […]
Rafael Nadal’s New Shoes
Rafael Nadal has been endorsing the Nike Lunar Ballistec shoe for years but according to Nike he’s now switching to the new Nike Zoom Cage 3. Is he really though? Nadal is having a great season so far with his 15th Grand Slam and tenth Roland Garros title, alongside two Masters series titles (on clay of […]
Wilson Ultra Racquets Revealed
The hype around the new Wilson Ultra line is quite big among racquet fans, especially since it is rumoured Wilson will release the pro stock racquet H19 with the name Ultra Tour. Now the whole Wilson Ultra line-up is revealed. Wilson today published their new Ultra line-up online and it seems like the H19 – […]
HEAD Tennis Pro Stock Codes
HEAD tennis has created some legendary racquets over the years such as the HEAD Pro Tour 630, the Prestige Classic and the Radical Tour to name a few. Here is an overview of their pro stock codes as well as a historical chart pre-Graphene. I’ve copied this list from the sometimes excellent Tennis Warehouse forums. […]
Leonardo Mayer’s Racquet
Argentinian ATP player Leonardo Mayer was in the spotlight again after a tough season yesterday when he beat top-seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in Hamburg. What racquet does he use? Mayer’s season has so far been in stark contrast to for example 2015 when he was as high as number 21 in the world, but he can […]
Racquet Collections
The other day I got some messages on my Facebook page from racquet collector West Loh around Nick Kyrgios‘ and Jordan Thompson’s racquet specs. The conversation led to him sending some great pics of his impressive racquet collection, which I felt I had to post here. Tennis racquets are a beautiful thing and I know […]
Wilson Ultra and Dimitrov’s New Stick
The new Wilson Ultra series will be promoted by players such as Gael Monfils, Feliciano Lopez, and Borna Coric. What Grigor Dimitrov will promote is another story. Wilson has revealed some more pictures for their much hyped-up release of the new Wilson Ultra line of racquets. Most racquet fans and tennis nerds are keen to […]
Angell Tennis Racquets – TC 97 Custom
Finally got the chance to hold an Angell tennis racquet in my hands (Angell Custom TC 97 18×20) and will start play-testing it this week. Will report back on how it plays. Some words about Angell Tennis: Paul Angell runs Angell tennis, a tennis company which specialises in racquet customisation, but also sells tennis bags […]
New Racquets: Wilson Ultra, Babolat Pure Drive, Yonex Ezone
In time for US Open the racquet companies are preparing new product launches or updates to existing racquet lines such as Wilson Ultra CV, Babolat Pure Drive and Yonex E-zone. The Wilson Ultra has been the most buzzed-about line on tennis forums with speculations that the Wilson Ultra Tour might be the fabled pro stock racquet mould […]
Custom Paint Jobs – Please Send Yours
Yesterday I was contacted by Alex Celanzi who was wondering about Dominic Thiem’s racquet specs for his old Babolat Pure Strike. Then he sent me pics of his Pure Strike with a custom paint job (which I simply had to share with you). Custom paint jobs are a great way to give your racquets a personal […]